Beth Alvarez - Author of Epic Fantasy

Author: Beth

  • Tea review: Adagio Gingerbread Tea

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    It’s been a long time since I reviewed any tea. It’s been a long time since I had any tea to drink, honestly.  When I started my Invisalign course, hot drinks were off the menu. It’s been over a year since I had tea with any regularity and I’ve missed… Read the rest…

    Adagio gingerbread tea
  • A list of goals for January

    I’d originally thought I’d write about this early in the month, but the holidays were rather off-kilter and I ended up being a little behind on everything. Hopefully this year will be better balanced from beginning to end. Last week, I mentioned my list of goals for the year. They’re… Read the rest…

  • A list of goals for 2020

    In the middle of 2019, I kind of dropped away from using my planner regularly. There was too much going on, I couldn’t keep track of things, and then my ridiculously expensive printer quit working and I spent months trying to sort out the warranty replacement, so I couldn’t print… Read the rest…

  • Cover reveal: Serpent’s Mark

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    After all these years of effort, it’s finally time: Serpent’s Mark, the first book in the fantasy series I’ve always wanted to write, is coming out in just a few months. The scheduled release date? March 28, 2020. When I set out to write these stories, I never imagined it… Read the rest…

    Serpent's Mark by Beth Alvarez
  • A year’s accomplishments

    I didn’t publish any books this year. Without any new titles to show, it’s hard to feel like I made real forward progress, but I did accomplish a lot. Especially considering the extra surprises life threw my way this year. When we went into 2019, I  had the vague notion… Read the rest…

    My 2019 writing plan
  • The dangers of outposting your platform

    As seems to happen once a year or so, YouTube has been in a bit of an uproar over some platform changes made under the claim of adhering to COPPA regulations. There are a thousand things I could say about the situation, but they’ve already been said by people much… Read the rest…

  • To Steal the Crown cover reveal and the end of NaNoWriMo 2019

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    Here we are, on the first of December, and To Steal the Crown is done. Well, the first draft, anyway–it’s off to beta readers now, and editing will take place in January, well ahead of its release in late February. The last two days were a little hectic, since the… Read the rest…

    To Steal the Crown, coming February 22, 2020